Category: Elections
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Reporting Under Museveni’s Darkness
On January 11, Facebook shut down accounts suspected to be pushing the governing National Resistance Movement’s propaganda. To retaliate, President Yoweri Museveni ordered the complete shutdown of Facebook in Uganda.
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Museveni Gives Birth To A Better Version Of Himself
All indicators are that President Museveni was jittery about facing the first time MP in a free and fair contest if events preceding the elections and whatever happened on election day and thereafter are anything to go by.
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Uganda’s Election History Explained
The territory presently known as Uganda held its FIRST elections in 1957, during which exercise representatives from the Uganda Protectorate were elected into the colonial Legislative Council.
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Why The Ugandan Elections Matter
Beyond the arbitrary arrest, detention and charging of presidential candidates in the course of their campaigns, there have similarly been widespread reports of harassment, intimidation and the killing of aides and supporters.
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How to count an election
2020 has the potential to be a much different election than America has seen before
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Election Jitters in Ivory Coast & Tanzania, U.S police shootings
As another round of #BlackLivesMatter protests hit the U.S, Tanzania’s opposition politicians decried intimidation ahead of October elections. Missed this week’s big stories? Here’s a 3-minute recap #TheWeekin3